Chick fount



Pa tented Jan. 17, 1939 PATENT OFFECE CHICK FOUNT William A. Zaloudek,Tipton, Ind., assighor to The Oakes Manufacturing Company, Tipton,

Ind., a corporation Application March 8,

1 Claim.

'I'his invention relates so a chiok fount principally used formaintaining a drinking supply of Water for baby chicks, but which mayalso Ioe applicable to poultry in general, for the feeding of milk,medicineor feed in granular form. The purpose: of the invention is toprovidea, single support of a convenient and economical construction forjointly supporting the drinking or feeding pan and a reservoir in theform of a Mason jar.

The principal feature of the invention. resides in the provision of astamped ring so formed as to permit the threadecl neck of a Mason jar tobe screw threaded therein and supported thereby so as to be readily andconveniently mounted and 1 removed. The ring in turn has secured theretoa plurality of radially disposed legs of spring wire having notchesformed therein for receiving the annular bead of the pan so as toremovably clamp and support it in elevated position and in juxtapositionWith respect to the jar and supporting ring.

The fu1l nature of the inventio-n will be understood from theaccompanying drawing and the following description and claim:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the pan and supporfb with the jar removed. Fig.2 is a central vertical section through the pan and support showing ehejar in dotted lines mounted therein.

In the drawing, there is illustrated a drinking or feeding pan 10 mostconveniently formed o1 glass but which may be stamped from suitablemetal. Said. pan is provided with sloping side walls II terminating in aperipheral bead I2.

The support comprises a sheeo metal starnping in the form of a rigidannular ring I3 which, when in position is convex in cross section so ato have an inwardly and downwardly extending inner wa11 and an outwardlyand downwardly extending outer Wall. 'Iheinner Wall is provided with anotch indicated ab I4, one side of Which merges into an inwardly andupwardly extending 1ip I5 which is gradually reducod until it mergesinto the inner edge 015 the ring. Said 1ip is formed by upturning aportion of the inner edge of the ring adjacent one side of the notch. Bymeans of this formation in the ring, the Mason jar indicated ab I6 and.having a sorew threaded neck 1937, Serial N0. 129,693

indzicated ab IT may be inserted in the ring and its screvv threadscaused to engage the 1ip I5 for screwing the jar intosupported position.'Ihe body of the ring coupled with the noteh and upturned lip serves asan inte1nal thread. for rec'eiving the screw threads of the jar and theinwardly and downwardly extending inner surfaoe of the ring provides aseat against which the neck of the jar abuts when screvved into positionso as to be firmly supported thereby.

'I'he ring is further provided with a plurality of radially extenclingarms I8 for receiving the spring legs I9. Said legs are formed of springwire and permanently bellt to .provide a horizonaal section 20 adapt adto be rigidly secured by Spot weld1ng or otherwise to the arms 18 and.extend over the edge of pan I0 when mounted in position. The wires thenextend downwardly to provide suitable supporting leg 0f such length asto support the fount in elevated position, terminating in the outwardlyextending fest 2I.

At the bend of the wire legs where they pass over and about the bead 2formed about the upper edge of the pan HI, there is formed an inwardlyextending shoulder 22 which extencis inwardly anc'l under thebead forsupporting the pan upon the legs. The lege, being of spring wire, may bereadily deflected so that t.he shoulder 22 disengages the bead andpermits removal of the pan. On the other hand, the normal form 01 the v1egs is such that the pan will be firmly gripped thereby about itsbeaded edge and firmly supported in elevated and juxtaposition withrespect the ring I3 and jar I6.

The invention c1aimed. ist

In a poultry fount, a continuous ring adapted to receive the threadednach: of a fount jar in inverted position, a-rms rigidly secured to andradiating from said ring, 1egs integral with and. depending from theo-uter ends of said arms, the said legs being deflected ab theirjuncture with said. arms 110 form shoulders, and a pan having its upperedge enga-ged with and sustained by said shoulders; said arms, ring, andthe upper edge of said pan all dispo-sed in approximately the sameplane.

WILLIAM A. ZALOUDEK.

